The Scene In and Around Boston . . . The Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders 13th Annual Public Forum, "Health Matters: Weight and Wellness in the World of Fashion," was presented in conjunction with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School this past spring. Prior to the forum, a Harvard Business School reception was held for Vogue Magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, fashion designer Michael Kors and other noted participants. The yearly forum serves to educate, encourage dialogue and reduce the stigma of eating disorders. This year's panelists discussed the American fashion industry's commitment to advocating healthy lifestyles for women and also its policies to protect dangerously thin fashion models. Prior to the panel discussion, a short film highlighted the efforts currently under way in the American fashion industry to promote healthy body images. Each panelist shared his or her own experiences and philosophy about body image in the fashion industry and/or media. After the panel, the forum open up to receive questions from the audience. For the past twelve years, nearly five thousand attendees have attended the forum.
Bill Staines Concert at Gore Place On Wednesday, July 28, singer-songwriter Bill Staines will take the stage at Gore Place for a concert in the 1793 Carriage House. Famous for writing such folk song staples as "All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir," Staines has spent the better part of 40 years traveling back and forth across North America, singing his songs and delighting audiences at festivals, folk-song societies, colleges, concerts, clubs, and coffeehouses. A New England native, Bill became involved with the Boston-Cambridge folk scene in the early 1960's and for a time, emceed the Sunday Hootenanny at the legendary Club 47 in Cambridge. He quickly became a popular performer in the Boston area. From the time in 1971 when a reviewer from the Boston Phoenix stated that he was "simply Boston's best performer," Bill has continually appeared on folk music radio listener polls as one of the top all time favorite folk artists. Now, well into his fifth decade as a folk performer, he has gained an international reputation as a gifted songwriter and performer. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. The grounds are open for picnicking and strolling prior to the concert. For advance tickets or more information, call 781-894-2798.
Boston Midsummer Opera Performances Scheduled Boston audiences will be in for a tasty treat this summer when Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) presents its 2010 production, a unique two-course evening featuring Leonard Bernstein's bittersweet classic "Trouble in Tahiti" and Lee Hoiby's delicious "Bon Appétit!," starring Tony Award winner Judy Kaye as Julia Child. Playing at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University for three performances only, July 28, 30 and August 1, both productions are sung in English and performed with orchestra. The fully staged and costumed production is conducted by the nationally acclaimed Susan Davenny Wyner. Boston Midsummer Opera has set its sights on presenting entertaining, accessible visions of opera performed at a high level and at a reasonable price. BMO's talented singers perform their parts in savvy English translations, presenting selections from operas both well known and unfamiliar, to the delight of audience members young and old. Founded in 2006, Boston Midsummer Opera was conceived after founders Ernie Klein and Pauline Ho Bynum were present at the Met Opera House in spring of 1999 when all three New England Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions were chosen as National Grand Winners. Performances of "Trouble in Tahiti" and "Bon Appétit!" are Wednesday, July 28 and Friday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, August 1 at 3 p.m. at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. For tickets or more information, call 617-227-0442 or visit www.bostonmidsummeropera.org. Enjoy!
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Vogue Magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, far left, chats with high school students Isabel Farrington, Holly Heffernan and Callie McLaughlin, left to right, at the "Health Matters" Forum. (Photo by Roger Farrington)